I'm only interested in watching this game because I want too see how they respond from last game.
I actually expect them to crap the bed again which will solidify me to write off this season and any slight curiosity in how my team is doing will be regulated in checking their scores in the Edmonton Sun...which won't be often.

Ya, but the team wants up to believe they're in the middle of a playoff race. Yakupov hasn't been much better, but that line has had some success collectively. Leave the two lines together and work around it. We went from having 3 decent offensive lines to 1.

So I was thinking a little bit about how we compare to last year, and whipped out the calculator:

We're right at .500 right now. 32 games, 32 points.

If this were an 82-game season, we'd be ~56 games in with 56 points.

Last year we finished with 74 points, which translates to ~43 points in a 48-game season.

If we pick up 12+ points in the next 16 games, we're officially better than last year (not that the bar is very high). There are 32 points up for grabs.

We are currently on pace to have a better season than last year. By ~13% points-wise. That's not good enough. I was expecting 20% better, even if it meant no playoffs. In fact I didn't expect playoffs because the gaping holes in the line-up were not addressed.

By my standard, we should finish with 52 points to consider the team improving by growth & experience (leaving aside the needs that Tambo must address). That's 4 points over .500, which doesn't sound great, but it's certainly much better than 5 points under, which is our pace from last year (adjusted for the 48-game season).

So I was thinking a little bit about how we compare to last year, and whipped out the calculator:

We're right at .500 right now. 32 games, 32 points.

If this were an 82-game season, we'd be ~56 games in with 56 points.

Last year we finished with 74 points, which translates to ~43 points in a 48-game season.

If we pick up 12+ points in the next 16 games, we're officially better than last year (not that the bar is very high). There are 32 points up for grabs.

We are currently on pace to have a better season than last year. By ~13% points-wise. That's not good enough. I was expecting 20% better, even if it meant no playoffs. In fact I didn't expect playoffs because the gaping holes in the line-up were not addressed.

By my standard, we should finish with 52 points to consider the team improving by growth & experience (leaving aside the needs that Tambo must address). That's 4 points over .500, which doesn't sound great, but it's certainly much better than 5 points under, which is our pace from last year (adjusted for the 48-game season).